James Allen Lester (October 13, 1891 - March 10, 1958) was a senior United States Army officer.

He was a member of the West Point class of 1915.

He was part of the commission that tried Tomoyuki Yamashita.

References

https://www.nytimes.com/1958/03/12/archives/james-a-lester-retired-general-artillery-leader-in-pacific-war-dies.html https://generals.dk/general/Lester/James_Allan/USA.html